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Place	Description
Marsh Island	a peninsula extending from the S mainland of Hyde County into Pamlico Sound between Swanquarter Bay and Juniper Bay. See also Abigails Islands.
Marsh Point	extends from the S mainland of Hyde County into Rose Bay.
Marsh Swamp	rises in N Halifax County and flows SE into Beech Swamp. Appears as Elk Marsh on the Collet map, 1770, and with its present name on the Price map, 1808.
Marsh Swamp	rises in N Sampson County and flows SE into Great Coharie Creek.
Marsh Swamp	rises in NW Wilson County and flows SE into Contentnea Creek.
Marsh Township	SW Surry County.
Marshall	town and county seat, S Madison County on French Broad River. Authorized to be est. 1852; site still in dispute, 1855. Inc. 1863 and named for John Marshall (1755-1835), chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Alt. 1,650. Post office est. there 1857, before the establishment of the county seat, was named Lapland. For a period before Marshall was laid, Jewel Hill (or Duel Hill), at present-day Walnut, was the seat of government. County court was held at Jewel Hill as late as the fall of 1859.
Marshall Ridge	extends SE from Turkey Knob to Clear Creek in N Henderson County.
Marshall Tavern	See Ridgeway.
Marshall Township	former township in S central Madison County, now township no. 1.